Barrel-support.



0. BLUMGREN & .l. E. HOUSE.

BARREL SUPPORT.

APPLICATION man FEB. 17. 19M) INVENTOR Patenmd Nova 27, 1913.

WITNESS ES ATTORNEY nnrrnn snares rarnnr OSCAR BLUMGREN, 0F IDAGROVE, AND JOHN E. ROOSE, OF SAC CITY, IOWA.

BARREL-SUPPORT.

earner,

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 2?, 1917..

Application filed February 17, 1916. Serial No. 78,976.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we; Oscar: BLUMGREN and J oHN E. HOUSE, citizens of the United States, residing at Idagrove and Sac City, respectively; in the counties of Ida and Sac, respectively, and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvemerits in Barrel-Supports, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to supports and has particular reference to an improved means for holding containers such as barrels or the like in a convenient position for dispensing the contents thereof.

The principal object of the invention is to provide a supporting means for the barrel or' the like which may be lowered so that the barrel may be engaged therewith and the same then swung upwardly to raise the barrel and support the same in a position to dispense its contents, thus reducing to a minimum the time and energy necessary in so placing a barrel;

Another object of the invention is to provide a supporting means for a barrel or the like which will support a barrel in a balanced position so that as the contents or" the same become nearly exhausted the barrel may be tilted in order that the full contents may be withdrawn therefrom.

A further object of the invention is to provide means to prevent tilting movement of the barrel while in its supported posi tion;

With the foregoing and other objects in view the invention consists in the novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and claimed.

In the drawings: 7

Figure 1 is an end elevation of a support constructed in accordance with the invention showing a barrel mounted thereon,

Fig. 2 is" a side elevation, the supporting means beingshown in lowered position in dotted lines.

Referring to the drawings by numerals wherein is illustrated the preferred embodiment of my invention, 1 designates the base of the support which is in the nature of a substantial rectangularly shaped block, having pivoted to opposite sides thereof near one end as at 2 the lower ends of a pair of supporting bars 3, the said supporting bars being constructed of angle iron and com prising an elongated portion a adapted to be arranged at an angle and extending upwardly from the base 1 at a suitable distance from where it is bent and thence extended in a vertical plane as indicated at 5. A pair of levers 6 similarly constructed are pivoted at their lower ends to opposite sides of the base 1 near the front end thereof and these levers arc of substantially the same shape as the bars 4, that is to say, they comprise a body portion extending at an angle from the base and a relatively straight vertical portion which extends in substantially parallel relation with the vertical portion 5 of the bars 4 when the said barrel is in a raised position. A pair of links of similar construction are provided for connecting the levers 6 with the bars At. Each of these links 7 has one end pivoted to the bar 4 adjacent the point where the vertical portion 5 of the bar intersects with the angularly disposed'p'ortion of the same and at its opposite end is pivoted to the levers 6 at a point intermediate the pivot point of the lever with the base and the point where the said lever is bent to extend in a substantially vertical direction.

Before barrel is placed upon the support, a cradle is first applied thereto. This cradle comprises a pair of semicircularly shaped clamping members 8 for engagement with the opposite sides of the barrel which have their opposite ends formed into outturned ears through which pass clamping bolts 9. The two pairs of semicircularly shaped members are arranged in spaced relation and are connected by means of a pair of cross bars 10 and 11, which are otherwise suitably secured to each pair of semicircularly shaped members at a point intermediate their ends. Headed pins 12 are carried by these bars 10 which are adapted to be engaged in recesses 13 in the free ends of the bars 4 after the cradle has been applied to the barrel, as is shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings.

In mounting the barrel upon the support, the levers 6 are first swung down to a position, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2 of the drawings, which through the medium of the links 7 will swing the bars 4; upon thelr pivots 2 downwardly until the free ends thereof are but a short distance from the surface upon which the device rests. The

barrel with the cradle applied thereto is then lifted slightly and the pins 12 engaged with the recessed outer ends of the bars 1. The heads of the pins engaging with the outer faces of the bars to prevent lateral swinging movement of the barrel upon the bars as will be understood, although such sliding movement would likely be prevented by means of the cross bar 14 connecting the bars 4 to prevent their spreading and hold the same rigidly with respect to the base 1. However, the heads upon the pins 12 serve to positively prevent the barrel from becoming laterally disengaged from the bars 1.

After the barrel has been positioned upon the supports, while the same are in their lowered position, the handles of the levers 6 are grasped and raised until the said handles abut against the pins 12 thereby limiting their movement. By the peculiar arrangement of levers, as is shown, but a minimum of time and labor will be required to swing the levers 6 upwardly to raise the barrel. Also by reference to Fig. 2 of the drawings, it will be seen that the pivots of the links 7 with the levers 6 are offset relative to a straight line drawn between the points of pivotance of the links with the bars 4 and the levers with the base 1 so that the weight of the barrel and its contents will serve to exert an action to force the handles of the levers into engagement with the pins 12, instead of in an upward direction which would be necessary to lower the barrel thereby insuring against accidental dropping of the barrel from its raised position.

From the construction as shown and described, it will be seen that the barrel in its supported position is capable of a tilting movement. Such tilting movement is not desirable except when the barrel has been entirely emptied of its contents and therefore we provide a spring arm 15 upon the rear end of the base 1 for engagement with the rear end of the barrel to steady and hold the same in a horizontal position, the said spring member being provided with a substantially U-shaped offset portion 16 for engagement with the ends of the staves of the barrel to accomplish this purpose.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings it is thought that the construction and operation of our improved supporting means will be clearly understood and while we have herein shown and described one specific embodiment of our invention, we do not wish to be limited thereto except for such limitations as the claims may import.

We claim:

1. A device of the character described comprising in combination a cradle for a container, a base, supporting bars pivotally mounted upon said base and adapted to swing downwardly to engage with said cradle and then upwardly'to hold said container in an elevated position, and means to prevent tilting movement of the container.

2. A device of the character described comprising in combination a cradle for a container, a base block, bars having notched upper ends pivotally mounted near the rear of said base block, a plurality of levers pivotally mounted adjacent the front of said base block, links connected with said levers and said bars for raising and lowering said bars, and means for removably pivoting said cradle on the ends of the bars.

3. In a device of the character described,

a base, supporting bars pivotallyconnected at their lower ends to said base to swing downwardly in parallel planes and having depressions in their upper ends, a cradle for a container provided with outwardly projecting pivots to rest in the hearings on the upper ends of said bars, and means pivoted to the bars for lowering the arms to receive the cradle and to raise the same in elevated position.

4. A device of the character described comprising in combination a cradle for a container, a base block, bars pivotally mounted upon said base block,.levers pivotally mounted upon said base block, links connecting said levers with said bars, said cradle being adapted to be supported upon said bars for tilting movement, andmeans to lock said cradle against tilting movement.

5. A device of the character described comprising in combination a cradle adapted 6. A device of the character described, 7

comprising a base, arms pivotally mounted at one end of said base and adapted to swing in parallel planes, said arms having bearing notches in their upper ends, a cradle for a container having projecting pivots to be carried by said bearing notches, and operating levers pivoted on said base and connected by links with said arms adapted when swung downwardly to the floor to cover the hearing In testimony whereof we afix our signatures 1n presence of two wltnesses.

OSCAR BLUMGREN; ends of said arms Within easy access of the JOHN E. ROOSE. cradle pivots, and when raised said levers Witnesses: and links serve to lock the arms and con- F. P. KEssLnR,

tainer in elevated position. C. G. JAMESON.

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